1869, The Cornell University Press Podcast

This episode we speak with Tom Jones, author of the new book, From Willard Straight to Wall Street: A Memoir. Tom Jones is founder and senior partner of venture capital investment firm TWJ Capital. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Global Investment Management at Citigroup; Vice Chairman, President, and Chief Operating Officer at TIAA-CREF; and Senior Vice-President and Treasurer at John Hancock Insurance Company. Jones received Masters degrees from Cornell University and Boston University, and holds honorary doctoral degrees from Howard University, Pepperdine University, and College of New Rochelle. We spoke to Tom about his pivotal experiences at Cornell University 50 years ago, his career on Wall Street, and his thoughts on the state of race relations in our country. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on Tom’s book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD.

This episode we speak with Joan Neuberger, author of the new book, This Thing of Darkness: Eisenstein’s Ivan the Terrible in Stalin’s Russia. Joan Neuberger is Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin. She has written extensively in print and online about Eisenstein, film, and modern Russian cultural history. We spoke to Joan about what makes Ivan the Terrible one of the greatest films of all time, what Eisenstein’s unpublished diaries and manuscripts tell us about his true intentions with the film, and what specific political messages he wanted to convey the audience. Watch Ivan the Terrible on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJmsV10MTJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5g-Ss9BDR4 As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on Joan’s book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Jay Howard Geller. Jay is the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Jews in Post-Holocaust Germany, 1945-1953, co-editor of Three-Way Street and author of the new book from Cornell - The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140108799460 Cornell University Press’s Marketing Director Martyn Beeny spoke to Jay Geller about his new book live at our exhibit booth in the hustle and bustle of this month’s American Historical Association meeting in Chicago, Illinois. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on Jay’s book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD. If you live in the UK use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Maggie Solberg. Maggie is an Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature and Culture in the English department at Bowdoin College, and author of the new book VIRGIN WHORE: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140106398330 We spoke to Maggie about the surprising ways the Virgin Mary was depicted in late English medieval literature, how our culture’s definition of virginity has changed since the Middle Ages, and the funny, comic and trickster side of Mary that is now hidden in our modern representation of the Madonna. As a loyal listener to the podcast we’d like to offer you a special 30% discount on Maggie’s book. To receive your discount please go to cornellpress.cornell.edu and use the promo code 09POD at checkout. If you live in the UK plesae use the discount code CSANNOUNCE and visit the website combinedacademic.co.uk.

This episode we speak with Jules Pretty. Jules Pretty is Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex. He is the author of many books under our Comstock Publishing Associates imprint, including The Edge of Extinction, This Luminous Coast, and most recently, The East Country. We spoke to Jules about an idea that he introduced in his book The East Country: “The idea of a contemplative economy is appealing. If we spent more time immersed in nature, attentive too to one another, then perhaps there would be less need for material consumption." Jules Pretty has since expanded on this idea of the contemplative economy in a ongoing series of insightful tweets. We encourage you to follow him on twitter: @JulesPretty1 North American listeners - use the promo code 09POD to save 30% on his new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/search/?searchtext=jules+pretty&fa=search European listeners - use the promo code CSANNOUNCE when you order fro

This episode we speak with Philip Rathgeb, author of the new book Strong Governments, Percarious Workers. Philip is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at the University of Konstanz. During the winter term 2018/19 Philip is a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Center For European Studies. Learn more at his website: http://www.philiprathgeb.com/ We spoke with Philip about his new book, the plight of precarious workers, and the best way forward for labor unions in Europe and the United States. Use code 09POD to save 30% on his new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140104421390

This is the third episode in our special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi…0100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cleese is best known for his work on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, as well as numerous other on-screen performances, including his roles as Q in the James Bond franchise and Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies. He holds an M.A. in law from Cambridge University, and an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews University, where he was rector for several years. The following audio excerpt is featured in the final chapter of the new book – a fun and lively conversation in 2017 between John Cleese and Cornell

This episode we speak to two of our acquiring editors, Michael McGandy and Jim Lance, who both attended the Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in Buffalo, New York. Michael is a Senior Editor at Cornell University Press as well as Editorial Director of our trade imprint Three Hills which publishes smart, informative and provocative books about New York State and the Northeast. Michael acquires books in U.S. History, Presidential Studies, New York State, Urban History, U.S. Urban Development & Policy. Follow Michael on Twitter: @michaelmcgandy Jim is also a Senior Editor at Cornell University Press and acquires in Anthropology, Geography, Global Urban Studies and Religious Studies. Follow Jim on Twitter: @jimlance554 We spoke with them about Cornell’s exciting new editorial expansion within urban studies, Michael and Jim’s experiences in ACSP, and two of the hottest chicken wing restaurants in Buffalo. As a loyal listener, we would like to offer you a special 30% discount

This episode we speak to Annie Armstrong and Marianne Krasny, co-authors of the new paperback and open access ebook Communicating Climate Change: A Guide for Educators. Annie Armstrong is a PhD Student in the Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University. Marianne Krasny is Professor in the Department of Natural Resources and Director of the Civic Ecology Lab at Cornell University. Marianne is the coeditor or coauthor of numerous books, including Urban Environmental Education Review, Civic Ecology and Grassroots to Global. We spoke with Annie and Marianne about best practices in climate change education and the many useful insights for educators featured in their new book Communicating Climate Change which is available in paperback (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140103609930) and also as a free ebook that can be downloaded directly from our OA website Cornell Open (http://www.cornellopen.org/9781501730795/communicating-climate-change), as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Google

This is the second episode in our special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi…0100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cleese is best known for his work on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, as well as numerous other on-screen performances, including his roles as Q in the James Bond franchise and Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies. He holds an M.A. in law from Cambridge University, and an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews University, where he was rector for several years. The following audio excerpt is featured in the final chapter of the new book – a fun and lively conversation in 2017 between John Cleese and Cornel

This episode we welcome award-winning journalist and author Suzanne Gordon, author of the new book Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation's Veterans. Suzanne is the co-editor of the Culture and Politics of Health Care Work series at Cornell University Press and is the author or co-author of 12 books from Cornell including Nursing against the Odds, Beyond the Checklist, and The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare. We spoke to Suzanne about her new book and the fully integrated healthcare that the Veterans Health Administration successfully delivers to 9 million veterans across the nation. Follow Suzanne on twitter: https://twitter.com/suzannecgordon Use code 09POD to save 30% on her new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100822180

This episode we interview poet, author, visual artist, oral historian, and policy analyst Susan Eisenberg. Susan was among the first women in the country to become a journey-level electrician in union construction, and for four decades she has endeavored to understand, frame, convey and advance issues of tradeswomen. Her Cornell books include two published this year - the 20th anniversary edition of her book We’ll Call You If We Need You: Experiences of Women Working Construction, and the poetry collection entitled Stanley’s Girl. She is also the author of the 1998 collection of poetry - Pioneering: Poems from the Construction Site. We spoke with Susan about her upcoming workshop and book signing at the Women Build Nations conference in Seattle Washington this October 12th-14th as well as her new online exhibition ON EQUAL TERMS: GENDER AND SOLIDARITY - https://onequalter.ms/

This episode is the first in a special series of audio excerpts from our new book Professor at Large: The Cornell Years by the beloved comedian, actor, producer, and director John Cleese: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?gcoi=80140100362950 For nearly twenty years Cleese has held an official position as Professor at Large at Cornell University and has led many talks and lectures on campus on everything from scriptwriting to psychology, religion to hotel management and wine to medicine. Cleese is best known for his work on Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Fawlty Towers, as well as numerous other on-screen performances, including as Q in the James Bond franchise and Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter movies. He holds an M.A. in law from Cambridge University, and an honorary LL.D. from St. Andrews University, where he was rector for several years. The following audio excerpt is featured in the final chapter of the new book – a spirited conversation in 2017 between John Cleese and Cornell Univer

Author Catherine O'Donnell and special guest Sister Betty Ann McNeil join us to talk about Catherine's new book - Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. Catherine O’Donnell is Associate Professor of History at Arizona State University and she writes about religion, culture, and politics in early America and the Atlantic World. She is the author of Men of Letters in the Early Republic: Cultivating Forums of Citizenship and the newly published book by Three Hills – Elizabeth Seton: American Saint. Sister Betty Ann McNeil belongs to the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise. A clinical social worker for over twenty years, she has worked in a variety of social ministry roles in institutional, parish, and community based settings and is also a Vincentian Scholar-in-Residence at DePaul University. We talked with Catherine O’Donnell and Sister Betty Ann McNeil about the new biography on Elizabeth Seton, her history and legacy, and the special event at the National Shrine of Elizabeth Seton in Emmitsburg, MD comme

Cornell University Press Marketing and Sales Director Martyn Beeny chats with Sara Henning-Stout, Senior Publicist at Princeton University Press, about book publicity and marketing, influencers, authors, and much more in episode 5 of the Sage Marketing podcast.

Author Josh Shifrinson joins us to talk about his new book Rising Titans, Falling Giants: How Great Powers Exploit Power Shifts Josh is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School of Boston University, where his research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, grand strategy and international security. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. He has published in International Security, Foreign Affairs, the Washington Quarterly, and other venues. Follow Josh on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shifrinson Use code 09POD to save 30% on his new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140107997660

Author Robyn Klingler-Vidra joins us to talk about her recent book The Venture Capital State: The Silicon Valley Model in East Asia. Robyn Klingler-Vidra is Lecturer in political economy in the Department of International Development at King’s College London. Follow Robyn on Twitter - https://twitter.com/RobynVidra Use code 09POD to save 30% on her new book when you order directly from Cornell University Press: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140101038220

CUP Senior Editor Jim Lance joins us to tell us about his upcoming trip to Philadelphia for the 2018 ASA Annual Meeting: http://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2018 If you are attending the meeting, please do stop by our table to say hello to Jim and fellow editor Fran Benson, take a look at our new and forthcoming books, and pick up copies of our 2018 Sociology catalog and sampler. (Receive 30% off anything in the catalog by using the promo code 09POD at cornellpress.cornell.edu.) The electronic versions of our catalog and sampler can be viewed here: https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/sociology_2018_issuu?e=29596641/63213312 https://issuu.com/cornelluniversitypress/docs/sociology_sampler_2018_issuu?e=29596641/63230186

Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven join us to discuss how mainstream journalists can get the story right on the VA health care system. Essential resources for journalists and veterans alike: https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2018/unhealthy-skepticism/ https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2298.html https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR800/RR806/RAND_RR806.pdf http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=24915 https://www.veteranspolicy.org/ https://archive.legion.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12203/9067/aa005028.pdf?sequence=1 https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/159219/mental-health/choice-program-expansion-jeopardizes-high-quality-vha-mental Suzanne Gordon is coeditor of the Cornell University Press series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work, and is the author or co-author of 12 books from Cornell including Nursing against the Odds, Beyond the Checklist, The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare and the forthcoming book Wounds of

In this episode I chat with Director of University of Georgia Press Lisa Bayer about marketing, books, the future of the university press, and much more. Read Lisa's blog on university presses and host institutions: https://ugapress.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/lets-stay-together-a-taxonomy-of-relationships-between-american-university-presses-and-their-host-institutions/ Follow Lisa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisambayer Follow Martyn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MartynBeeny